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the reason you have a covert action take place is if it goes wrong, the u.s. can deny it taking place. from my perception, there's a different said of understandings. he was working on the high-valued targeting program and i talked to him about the kill of the boy. >> he's a 16-year-old boy, son of anwar ail awlaki. >> he said there's a reason i'm not doing this anymore. stanley mcchrystal who ran it and is often associated even though he's a social liberal, mcchrystal has come out and said this is a counterproductive policy because of the potential for blowback and the hatred that it inspires. you asked what sounds like a simple question but it has a complicated question. the story has broken out into the open and there's a discourse now that wasn't happening a week ago. >> i want to talk about how we should -- you know, that's internally how the law's understand and i think that the white house has been very clear about we're asserting this authority. we're signing off on this. the buck stops here. what body of law is obtained here? what is the check list, h
the reason you have a covert action take place is if it goes wrong, the u.s. can deny it taking place. from my perception, there's a different said of understandings. he was working on the high-valued targeting program and i talked to him about the kill of the boy. >> he's a 16-year-old boy, son of anwar ail awlaki. >> he said there's a reason i'm not doing this anymore. stanley mcchrystal who ran it and is often associated even though he's a social liberal, mcchrystal has come out...
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and the memo talks about, well, if capture would pose an undue risk for u.s. personnel, that would be a factor in determining that it was unfeasible. these were issues that were not clearly spelled out by the administration beforehand. they use language that's very ill-defined and open to broad interpretations, and i think that's why you're seeing so much attention to this issue now. >> but it's still a question, katty, as to whether lawmakers want to change the policy. because the debate we're hearing is are we getting access to the documents, how much oversight is there? and before you respond, let me play john brennan, who tried to clear some of the air about how difficult the process is that they go through. >> i think there is a misimpression on the part of some of the american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressio transgressions. nothing could be further from the truth. we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives, when there is no other alternative to taking an action that's going to mitigate that
and the memo talks about, well, if capture would pose an undue risk for u.s. personnel, that would be a factor in determining that it was unfeasible. these were issues that were not clearly spelled out by the administration beforehand. they use language that's very ill-defined and open to broad interpretations, and i think that's why you're seeing so much attention to this issue now. >> but it's still a question, katty, as to whether lawmakers want to change the policy. because the debate...
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it allows us to have autonomy with the u.s. intelligence gs agencies, and democrats are hesitating to bring it to the table. but with congress and our inability to find compromise, it's a new day, and we need to redefine. again, defining imminent. dana milbank also wrote a very interesting article about this and said trust me is probably not enough. >> i'm looking at the article right here. you picked up on it. "trust me is not enough on drone war fare" specifically is the title. is this the perfect defense policy for republicans? it's strong on terror but relatively low cost in this time of massive deficits? >> i think it's another tool in the tool box for our military. i think it's interesting what you talk about. president obama does sell this to the democrats is this allows us not to have boots on the ground. from a republican point of view, it's an issue we can use, be safe, keep up with what's going on, and not as expensive as other programs. >> the only thing that i'm cautious about is i almost look at it as working a vi
it allows us to have autonomy with the u.s. intelligence gs agencies, and democrats are hesitating to bring it to the table. but with congress and our inability to find compromise, it's a new day, and we need to redefine. again, defining imminent. dana milbank also wrote a very interesting article about this and said trust me is probably not enough. >> i'm looking at the article right here. you picked up on it. "trust me is not enough on drone war fare" specifically is the...